Brief essays on the Mormon Experience. Friday, August 30, 2013. Man, do I love the Book of Mormon. I have for some time. It is a key element of my testimony of the restored gospel and my understanding of my relationship to my Father in Heaven and to my Redeemer. But I might share a little from time to time.

To support and defend the Constitution of the United States. Saturday, November 16, 2013. Religious and Secular Warnings on Marriage. 8221; affirming the central role of the family on earth as intended by our Creator. Given the wide-ranging and mutually supporting benefits of religion and f.

Teachings of Jesus or Mormon Catechism? July 28, 2013. Conference addresses show a similar pattern. I hoped to find integrity and honesty in the three addresses listed under morality, but all three were basically about chastity.

My journey back to the LDS church. Was not as bad as I feared it would be. I came early and sat in the chapel in hope to find somme peace.

Banner, Sword, and Shield. Faith, history, and commentary. Two years ago, my family and I decided we should do something special for Christmas. I had read in the Ensign years ago about the Twelve Days of Christmas. It was an idea to give presents to people in a way that they will not know.

Skimming the froth off the big pot on the Back Burner. I have watched Glenn Beck on Fox a couple of times. He makes me squirm, with his divisive rhetoric and derisive commentary style. So What Goes into Mormon Culture? .

Joseph Smith Papers new web content. Plus notes on the pivotal volume 6. Read more of this post. Strengths and Weaknesses of Modern Missionaries. Filed under History of Religion.

A Model for the Book of Mormon in Baja. The Forgotten Peninsula and southwestern North America may have been where events in the Book of Mormon took place. The General Land of Nephi. Northward to a Land of Many Waters. Where the Sea Divides the Land. Link at the top of the page.

Discussions about Mormon history, doctrine, and politics. Top ten reasons why men should not be ordained to the Mormon priesthood. Men have too much to do already, being providers for their families, receiving worldly recognition, presiding at home, and running a patriarchal society. Why would they want more responsibility? Church leadership is not natural for men. Mormon doctrine teaches that priesthood. If both men and women had priesth.